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Why Beyoncé’s Black Is King is not perfect but not poor
Three long weeks after its release, one can tell the final thoughts on Beyoncé‘s Black Is King have not taken shape and the last word has not been said on a visual album that marks another...
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Flint residents exposed to toxic levels of lead in water crisis to get $600m from state
The state of Michigan will have to pay $600 million in compensation to residents of Flint who have been affected by the ongoing water crisis which started in 2014. Michigan agreed that it failed to adequately...
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Four things we learned from Barack Obama’s fiery 2020 DNC speech
Former President Barack Obama took the gloves off on Wednesday night when he addressed the country at the virtual Democratic National Convention (DNC), laying particularly into his predecessor in the White...
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Burundi wants Germany and Belgium to pay $43bn in reparations for colonial-era crimes
Burundi has asked former colonizers Germany and Belgium to pay about €36 billion ($42.6 billion) as reparative justice for when the two European nations controlled the east African territory that...
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Why reparation must include non-ADOS Black people
Frederick Douglass was quite hopeful about the Black person’s place in the post-emancipation United States and was vocally opposed to the campaign to relocate people of African descent to the African...
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‘Elephant dung doesn’t cure COVID-19’ – Namibia gov’t warns its people as cases rise
Namibia is cautioning its citizens to dismiss claims making rounds on social media that elephant dung is capable of curing the novel coronavirus as the country sees a surge in infections. “We have...
